ONE Masters Of Destiny went down today (Friday, 12 July 2019) in front of a packed out Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia In the main event, Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy and Armenian-Italian Giorgio Petrosyan fought out an excellent kickboxing bout, which resulted in a unanimous decision win for Petrosyan. The co-main event saw Angela […]
ONE Masters Of Destiny went down today (Friday, 12 July 2019) in front of a packed out Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
In the main event, Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy and Armenian-Italian Giorgio Petrosyan fought out an excellent kickboxing bout, which resulted in a unanimous decision win for Petrosyan.
The co-main event saw Angela Lee squaring off against former training partner turned rival Michelle Nicolini. Nicolini was able to execute her gameplan beautifully, keeping the fight on the ground for the majority of the night. She defeated the ONE atomweight titleholder via unanimous decision.
Here are the complete results from the 15-bout card.
Main Card (B/R Live (US), ONE App (international), 8:30 a.m. ET)
Giorgio Petrosyan def. Petchmorakot Sangprapai via unanimous decision — Kickboxing
Michelle Nicolini def. Angela Lee via unanimous decision
Ev Ting def. Daichi Abe via R2 submission (rear-naked choke, 4:44)
Gurdarshan Mangat def. Abro Fernandes via unanimous decision
Jihin Radzuan def. Jomary Torres via R1 submission (triangle)
Troy Worthen defeats Chen Rui via R2 TKO (strikes, 3:29)
Hiroki Akimoto def. Kenny Tse via unanimous decision — Kickboxing
ONE Championship picked up another mixed martial arts (MMA) legend earlier this year when they signed former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort to a contract. The 42-year-old is expected to make his promotional debut soon, however, no news on an opponent or date has been made available as of this writing. However, that could […]
The 42-year-old is expected to make his promotional debut soon, however, no news on an opponent or date has been made available as of this writing. However, that could change soon, as Belfort took to Instagram recently to address his debut. In fact, he invited longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan to corner him for his debut fight.
Belfort posted a montage of Rogan praising ONE Championship on his Instagram page. He captioned the video by inviting Rogan to corner his debut fight, saying he’d love to have the longtime commentator’s knowledge in his corner:
“Joe Rogan and I made our UFC debuts on the same night. I became the youngest fighter to ever win a UFC ____, and Joe embarked on his incredible career as the voice of the UFC.
“We also share the same respect for ONE Championship. @yodchatri and his team @onechampionship are changing the game for fighters and fans. @joerogan, I would like to formally invite you to be my cornerman in my first ONE Championship fight. I admire your dedication to the sport, and I would love to have that knowledge, and that voice, in my corner.”
Do you think Rogan would ever consider cornering Belfort, or any other fighter, for a fight in another promotion?
Indian ONE Championship flyweight prospect Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat was diving right into the deep end when he decided to abandon his high-paying job as an accountant for the insecurity and grind that comes with life as a martial artist. After finally coming to terms with the underlying sense of unfulfillment that he felt with […]
Indian ONE Championship flyweight prospect Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat was diving right into the deep end when he decided to abandon his high-paying job as an accountant for the insecurity and grind that comes with life as a martial artist.
After finally coming to terms with the underlying sense of unfulfillment that he felt with his existence, Mangat decided he would dedicate himself to training in mixed martial arts with the same unwavering commitment that he’d devoted to his university studies.
And while the physical aspect of combat came naturally, the lifestyle that comes with it was much more of a foreign concept for Mangat, especially coming out of the suit-and-tie world he previously occupied.
The two trained together, discovered they were like like-minded people, as Fernandes became an indispensable source of knowledge and wisdom for the green Mangat, as he navigated the rocky waters of life as a martial artist.
“He’s the one I met within the first year of training who became my mentor,” Mangat recalls. “He became somebody that guided me through this. Had I not met Bibiano, my mindset wouldn’t be what it is today.”
“You have to see how they think, how they move. What they do inside the circle, outside the circle. When they’re just in the gym,” he continued.
Those lessons extended far beyond the mat. The Brazilian multiple-time world champion taught Mangat plenty about the essence of what makes up a quality person.
“He taught me the spirit of mixed martial arts. He taught me how to become a good person in life, how to become a good man, a good son, a good husband,” Mangat explained. “Not just as mixed martial artists but how to be a good human being altogether. Without him, I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today, in sport and in life.”
Those indispensable lessons saw Mangat make a quick jump from the amateur ranks into the world of professional combat, where he instantly thrived. He’ll look to add to his four-match win streak when he takes on Abro Fernandes at ONE: MASTERS OF DESTINY tonight in Kuala Lumpur.
“My people have waited for this, they’ve waited for one of their own to be fighting the top guys in the world. I want to give them something to celebrate,” he concluded.
Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy is a legend in the world of Muay Thai. With a stunning 158-34-2 professional record, the 25-year-old is a two-division Lumpinee Stadium Champion and a WMC World Champion. Though he is without a doubt one of the best strikers in the world, the Thai star remains cautious ahead of his rematch […]
Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy is a legend in the world of Muay Thai. With a stunning 158-34-2 professional record, the 25-year-old is a two-division Lumpinee Stadium Champion and a WMC World Champion.
Though he is without a doubt one of the best strikers in the world, the Thai star remains cautious ahead of his rematch with Giorgio “The Doctor” Petrosyan at ONE: MASTERS OF DESTINY on Friday, 12 July at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“I am very confident in my own skills, but I will admit that Giorgio Petrosyan has better kickboxing skills than I do,” Petchmorakot said candidly.
“That is what I can say after having fought him for three rounds in the past. He is a very good fighter, and if I stood there and exchange punches with him, I could get knocked down.”
Petchmorakot and Petrosyan battled for three rounds back at ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON in Singapore last May. The initial decision was a controversial win but was later turned into a No Contest.
This time around, Petchmorakot is eyeing a better performance and hopes to win in a more decisive fashion.
“Of course, I feel strongly that I need to work even harder than usual,” he stated.
“I believe I put on a good performance in our last bout, but of course, there were some doubts because of the decision.”
“This time around, I am working harder than usual to be able to properly compete and defeat Giorgio clearly and convincingly,” Petchmorakot added.
Petchmorakot is no stranger to the ONE Championship stage, but he admits that he is still trying to acclimate himself to the kickboxing ruleset.
“I think that one of the biggest differences between Muay Thai and kickboxing is the clinching aspect,” Petchmorakot said.
“As I said, I am still trying to fully understand the new ruleset, and what I am most concerned with is understanding what exactly is the legal method of clinching when it comes to kickboxing,” he added.
A win over Petrosyan on Friday night will mark his fourth victory with ONE and will also send him to the semi-finals of the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix.
ONE Championship returns this week with ONE: Masters of Destiny. The event takes place Friday, 12 July 2019 inside the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The main card starts at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST while the prelims begin at 6:00am EST/3:00am PST. In a somewhat rare occurrence, a non-title clash headlines the show. The main-event […]
ONE Championship returns this week with ONE: Masters of Destiny. The event takes place Friday, 12 July 2019 inside the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The main card starts at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST while the prelims begin at 6:00am EST/3:00am PST.
In a somewhat rare occurrence, a non-title clash headlines the show. The main-event sees Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy renewing his rivalry with Armenian-Italian Giorgio Petrosyan in a rematch of their earlier encounter at ONE: Enter The Dragon.
Petchmorakot was initially declared the winner of their previous meeting. The bout formed part of the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix quarter-finals. However, a dispute surrounding the Thai’s use of clinching saw the fight ruled a no-contest.
The co-main event features ONE Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee, competing in her second strawweight bout against Brazil’s Michelle Nicolini. Lee’s first outing at strawweight saw her challenge reigning champion Xiong Jing Nan for the title. It ended in disappointment for Lee with Xiong handing the Singaporean her first career loss.
The 15-bout card contains several intriguing matchups. Former survivor contest Bi Nguyen will contest her second bout under the ONE banner as does former UFC welterweight Daichi Abe.
Here is our pick of the bouts to keep an eye out for.
An Anticipated Rematch
When Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy had his hand raised after his bout with Giorgio Petrosyan, it appeared the world had turned upside down. As good a fighter as Petchmorakot is, and the two-division Lumpinee Stadium World Champion is very good, no one expected the Muay Thai fighter to defeat one of the world’s greatest kickboxers.
The Thai’s unexpected triumph proved short-lived. After an official review, it was deemed his use of clinching was illegal under kickboxing rules. One could argue that this should have been picked up by the referee, but whether you agree with the ruling or not, all that matters is that the two men will square off once more with the winner going on to the Grand Prix semi-finals.
Petrosyan will enter this bout as the favorite. Petchmorakot’s gameplan in their previous fight was to negate Petrosyan attacks by the constant use of the clinch. This time around, he will not have that luxury. Still, the Thai feels that after having gone three-rounds with Petrosyan, he has downloaded enough information about what makes the 33-year-old tick to get his hand raised a second time.
There is little doubt that Petchmorakot and his team were unhappy with the initial result being overturned. Expect the Thai to produce fireworks in this fight as he looks to prove his doubters wrong.
The Return Of Angela Lee
It would have been little consolation to Angela Lee that her first career loss was in a bout universally considered the greatest women’s title contest in ONE history. However, the 23-year-old’s disappointment has not quenched her thirst to become a two-division champion and her road back to a strawweight title shot starts with Michelle Nicolini.
For the first time in her career, Lee will face a fighter who will hold no fear of her much-vaunted ground game. Nicolini is an eight-time BJJ World Champion and defeated Lee in a grappling bout back in 2016.
The 37-year-old Brazilian lost her lastfight to Lee’s compatriot Tiffany Teo. Nicolini struggled with Teo’s superior striking but believes that during her time away she has fixed the holes in her game. She feels going into Friday’s clash she has the blueprint to hand Lee a second straight loss.
Lee is likely to keep the fight standing at least in the earlier stages of the contest. If it does make it to the ground, fans should not be surprised if it is Nicolini who gains the upper hand.
The Debut Of Troy Worthen
Troy “Pretty Boy” Worthen is not a name widely known amongst MMA fans. However, that could soon all change for the 26-year-old American.
Last November, after attending an open tryout, Worthen was selected to join the highly regarded Evolve Fight Team. A decorated college wrestler, Worthen was an NCWA All-American and NCWA Southeastern Conference Champion at the University Of Central Florida.
Worthen will take on another highly touted talent in China’s Chen Rui. The clash will see one of them lose their undefeated status. It will be interesting to see how Worthen has developed since leaving the US and moving to Singapore. Multiple world-class strikers, and BJJ specialists train at Evolve MMA and Worthen’s game should only have gotten stronger since his arrival in ‘The Lion City.’
Main Card
Giorgio Petrosyan Vs. Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy (ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix)
Angela Lee Vs. Michelle Nicolini (mixed martial arts — women’s strawweight)
Ev Ting Vs. Daichi Abe (mixed martial arts — lightweight)
Abro Fernandes Vs. Gurdarshan Mangat (mixed martial arts — flyweight)
Jihin Radzuan Vs. Jomary Torres (mixed martial arts — women’s atomweight)
Troy Worthen Vs. Chen Rui (mixed martial arts — bantamweight)
Hiroki Akimoto Vs. Kenny Tse (ONE Super Series kickboxing — flyweight)
Preliminary Card
Chuang Kai Ting Vs. Janet Todd (ONE Super Series kickboxing — women’s atomweight)
Dae Sung Park Vs. Eto Kimihiro (mixed martial arts — lightweight)
Aleksi Toivonen Vs. Akihiro Fujisawa (mixed martial arts — flyweight)
Saiful Merican Vs. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud (ONE Super Series Muay Thai — bantamweight)
Adrian Mattheis Vs. Li Zhe (mixed martial arts — strawweight)
Bozhena Antoniyar Vs. Bi Nguyen (mixed martial arts — women’s atomweight)
Sorgraw Petchyindee Academy Vs. George Mann (ONE Super Series Muay Thai — featherweight)
Josh Tonna Vs. Yoshihisa Morimoto (ONE Super Series kickboxing — flyweight)
ONE Championship returns this week with ONE: Masters of Destiny. The event takes place Friday, 12 July 2019 inside the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The main card starts at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST while the prelims begin at 6:00am EST/3:00am PST. In a somewhat rare occurrence, a non-title clash headlines the show. The main-event […]
ONE Championship returns this week with ONE: Masters of Destiny. The event takes place Friday, 12 July 2019 inside the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The main card starts at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST while the prelims begin at 6:00am EST/3:00am PST.
In a somewhat rare occurrence, a non-title clash headlines the show. The main-event sees Thailand’s Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy renewing his rivalry with Armenian-Italian Giorgio Petrosyan in a rematch of their earlier encounter at ONE: Enter The Dragon.
Petchmorakot was initially declared the winner of their previous meeting. The bout formed part of the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix quarter-finals. However, a dispute surrounding the Thai’s use of clinching saw the fight ruled a no-contest.
The co-main event features ONE Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee, competing in her second strawweight bout against Brazil’s Michelle Nicolini. Lee’s first outing at strawweight saw her challenge reigning champion Xiong Jing Nan for the title. It ended in disappointment for Lee with Xiong handing the Singaporean her first career loss.
The 15-bout card contains several intriguing matchups. Former survivor contest Bi Nguyen will contest her second bout under the ONE banner as does former UFC welterweight Daichi Abe.
Here is our pick of the bouts to keep an eye out for.
An Anticipated Rematch
When Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy had his hand raised after his bout with Giorgio Petrosyan, it appeared the world had turned upside down. As good a fighter as Petchmorakot is, and the two-division Lumpinee Stadium World Champion is very good, no one expected the Muay Thai fighter to defeat one of the world’s greatest kickboxers.
The Thai’s unexpected triumph proved short-lived. After an official review, it was deemed his use of clinching was illegal under kickboxing rules. One could argue that this should have been picked up by the referee, but whether you agree with the ruling or not, all that matters is that the two men will square off once more with the winner going on to the Grand Prix semi-finals.
Petrosyan will enter this bout as the favorite. Petchmorakot’s gameplan in their previous fight was to negate Petrosyan attacks by the constant use of the clinch. This time around, he will not have that luxury. Still, the Thai feels that after having gone three-rounds with Petrosyan, he has downloaded enough information about what makes the 33-year-old tick to get his hand raised a second time.
There is little doubt that Petchmorakot and his team were unhappy with the initial result being overturned. Expect the Thai to produce fireworks in this fight as he looks to prove his doubters wrong.
The Return Of Angela Lee
It would have been little consolation to Angela Lee that her first career loss was in a bout universally considered the greatest women’s title contest in ONE history. However, the 23-year-old’s disappointment has not quenched her thirst to become a two-division champion and her road back to a strawweight title shot starts with Michelle Nicolini.
For the first time in her career, Lee will face a fighter who will hold no fear of her much-vaunted ground game. Nicolini is an eight-time BJJ World Champion and defeated Lee in a grappling bout back in 2016.
The 37-year-old Brazilian lost her lastfight to Lee’s compatriot Tiffany Teo. Nicolini struggled with Teo’s superior striking but believes that during her time away she has fixed the holes in her game. She feels going into Friday’s clash she has the blueprint to hand Lee a second straight loss.
Lee is likely to keep the fight standing at least in the earlier stages of the contest. If it does make it to the ground, fans should not be surprised if it is Nicolini who gains the upper hand.
The Debut Of Troy Worthen
Troy “Pretty Boy” Worthen is not a name widely known amongst MMA fans. However, that could soon all change for the 26-year-old American.
Last November, after attending an open tryout, Worthen was selected to join the highly regarded Evolve Fight Team. A decorated college wrestler, Worthen was an NCWA All-American and NCWA Southeastern Conference Champion at the University Of Central Florida.
Worthen will take on another highly touted talent in China’s Chen Rui. The clash will see one of them lose their undefeated status. It will be interesting to see how Worthen has developed since leaving the US and moving to Singapore. Multiple world-class strikers, and BJJ specialists train at Evolve MMA and Worthen’s game should only have gotten stronger since his arrival in ‘The Lion City.’
Main Card
Giorgio Petrosyan Vs. Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy (ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix)
Angela Lee Vs. Michelle Nicolini (mixed martial arts — women’s strawweight)
Ev Ting Vs. Daichi Abe (mixed martial arts — lightweight)
Abro Fernandes Vs. Gurdarshan Mangat (mixed martial arts — flyweight)
Jihin Radzuan Vs. Jomary Torres (mixed martial arts — women’s atomweight)
Troy Worthen Vs. Chen Rui (mixed martial arts — bantamweight)
Hiroki Akimoto Vs. Kenny Tse (ONE Super Series kickboxing — flyweight)
Preliminary Card
Chuang Kai Ting Vs. Janet Todd (ONE Super Series kickboxing — women’s atomweight)
Dae Sung Park Vs. Eto Kimihiro (mixed martial arts — lightweight)
Aleksi Toivonen Vs. Akihiro Fujisawa (mixed martial arts — flyweight)
Saiful Merican Vs. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud (ONE Super Series Muay Thai — bantamweight)
Adrian Mattheis Vs. Li Zhe (mixed martial arts — strawweight)
Bozhena Antoniyar Vs. Bi Nguyen (mixed martial arts — women’s atomweight)
Sorgraw Petchyindee Academy Vs. George Mann (ONE Super Series Muay Thai — featherweight)
Josh Tonna Vs. Yoshihisa Morimoto (ONE Super Series kickboxing — flyweight)